The Prayer of a Child

This was an experience I had with Carmen that I wanted to make sure was recorded in some way. One day after Carmen had gotten home from school I started to not feel so well. I was having really bad cramping and chest pains and started to feel as if I couldn't breath. I felt very panicky and nothing seemed to ease the pain.  I felt uncomfortable whether I was lying down or standing up. Being 5 months pregnant I was overcome with fearful thoughts. I got very hot and thought for sure I needed some sort of help - from a neighbor or from paramedics.

I could tell Carmen was very concerned and I was scared as well. She stayed right by my side and even got a cold wash rag to put on my neck. I felt a total lose of control at that time and I knew that if something happened to me, I had taught Carmen what to do in an emergency. I was crying pretty badly and was balled up on the floor in total and complete pain. I looked Carmen in the face and told her that I didn't know what else to do and asked her to please help me!

And in her innocent yet concerned little six year old voice she responded, "We could say a prayer". She folded her little arms and offered to the Lord the sweetest prayer pleading that he would make her mom feel better. And as she prayed I felt my muscles relax and the pain vanish as if it had never been an issue. And as she ended her prayer I looked at her and realized I had just witnessed a miracle as a result of the prayer of a child. I held her and told her it was her faith that had made me better. I hugged and kissed her and thanked her for her help.


**This happened over two months ago, and I would love to say the pain has never come back. But it has reoccurred several times since and I've determined they are panic attacks. They feel very much like what I would imagine a heart attack feeling like. There is such a pain in my chest and a feeling like I will stop breathing at any second. My entire body will shake and I feel a complete lose of control. The only way to come "out of it" is to have someone stay by me and be my calming influence. All the other times this has happened David has been there to help me. But I am forever grateful that the first time it happened, Carmen was the one there to help me. It was a small testimony builder for us both. I often struggle with the feeling that I'm not teaching my children all they need to know. And maybe I not, but I do know that she has learned that in times of need when you don't know what else to do, Heavenly Father will answer your prayers.